Carolyn Bennett kicks off campaign for ‘tough’ election
Tucked in a booth at the Midtown Gastro Hub in Deer Park on Sept. 6, Toronto-St. Paul’s MP Carolyn Bennett admitted this federal election is going to be a tough one.
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How accurate were all those election projections anyway?
Plenty of headlines leading up to the election spelled out who was in the lead, who was going to win where and who was lagging behind. But how accurate were they?
Read moreFreeland’s decisive victory ‘not surprising’ says pundit
The race in University-Rosedale had been seen as a dead heat just weeks leading up to the Oct. 19 election, but University of Toronto political professor Nelson Wiseman says the riding was likely never going to become an NDP seat.
Read moreBennett sets sights on Toronto’s infrastructure
She may still have been wearing her prized red Blue Jays shirt — before the team was bumped from the playoffs and before election night was over — but Carolyn Bennett was already talking about projects to look forward to.
Read morePressure on Mendicino now to carry out promises in Eglinton-Lawrence
After supporting the campaign of Eglinton-Lawrence candidate Marco Mendicino, MPP Mike Colle looks forward to knowing the neighbourhood will have a empathetic ear on Parliament Hill again.
Read moreOliphant to focus on infrastructure, immigration on return to Ottawa
Now that the votes from the federal election have been counted in Don Valley West, it’s time for the victor,
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Mendicino wins, Oliver loses Eglinton-Lawrence
It was among the highest-profile victories in an evening full of them for the federal Liberal party: Conservative incumbent Joe Oliver lost the riding of Eglinton-Lawrence to Liberal candidate Marco Mendicino on Oct. 19.
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Oliphant back in seat Carmichael ‘looking after’ for him
Outside The Local people were being turned away as the bar was packed to capacity Monday night. Inside a raucous,
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Freeland easily takes University-Rosedale
Freeland took 27,806 votes for 49.8 percent of the ballots, more than 20 ahead of runner-up NDP candidate Jennifer Hollett. Conservative Karim Jivraj was third with 17.5 percent and the Green’s Nick Wright fourth with 2.9 percent.
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Another election, another landslide victory
Longtime Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett has been re-elected in Toronto-St. Paul’s, where she was first elected in 1997.
Read moreFreeland favoured, but University-Rosedale could still swing either way
There’s less than a week left in the 2015 federal election, and while recent projections are consistently placing the Liberals in
Read moreBennett seen as shoo-in for re-election in Toronto-St. Paul’s
To the extent there can be a sure thing in Canadian politics, experts agree that Liberal incumbent Carolyn Bennett is likely to win in Toronto-St. Paul’s.
Read moreDon Valley West likely to become Liberal riding again
If John Carmichael’s vote follows national trends for Conservatives, he may have trouble getting re-elected as Don Valley West’s MP, analysts say.
Read moreIs Joe Oliver losing Eglinton-Lawrence?
He may be one of the most high-profile incumbents in the country, but finance minister Joe Oliver is in very real danger of losing the Eglinton-Lawrence riding to Liberal candidate Marco Mendicino, experts say.
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Ideas, not name-calling, main focus at Don Valley West debate
While much of the 2015 federal election has been defined by barbed exchanges between the three leading national party leaders, those who attended the Don Valley West all-candidates’ meeting at Leaside Memorial Gardens on Oct. 7 expecting similar fireworks probably left disappointed.
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